Chapter 2: Let's go shopping!
"How did we end up in this mess?" Kuro asked Xion, he and she were hanging upside down, tied up, against a steel plate. They were slowly being lowered into a pit of boiling lava.
"I told you we should've turned at that sign!" Xion yelled.
"You really wanna die arguing?" Kuro asked.
"Well, no but…" Xion started.
"Will you two please be quiet?!" Came the man's scratchy voice.
"Why are you doing this?!" Xion asked.
"I have my reasons," The man said.
"Ugh, you'll pay for this!" Kuro yelled, he remembered like it was just three hours ago, yeah.
Three hours earlier
After breakfast, Kuro stepped away from the table and went to the living room, he sat in a chair and looked at the fireplace, it gave off some sort of amusement. Kuro liked looking at the flames. Then, before his eyes, he saw something strange. It was a field, it was the sun setting in one direction, and an army in a blue uniform, with a symbol of a black sun walking from the sunset. And on the other side was the sun rising, and an army of a red sun on their uniform walking towards the army. Then, when he blinked, it was all gone.
"Wow," Kuro thought, "What was that?" Kuro's thoughts were interrupted when he heard someone call his name, he looked and saw Xion, he walked to her.
"What is it Xion?" Kuro asked.
"Xero and Larxene gave me a list of stuff they want for their wedding and told me to get you so that we can get stuff ready!"
"Cool, so, can I see the list?" Kuro asked, then Xion handed him a scrolled up piece of paper, he opened the paper, and it stretched for about seven minutes, "Uh, how much will this all cost?" Kuro asked.
"I don't know," Xion said, as she grabbed Kuro's wrist and pulled him out of the door, "But Xero and Larxene said you had a credit card, so we'll be fine!"
"Oh boy," Kuro said.
The two walked through the forest which took them about an hour, then they arrived at a town, well, it was more like a city, it was like New York except without the twin towers!.... Oh….. yikes…. Um…. Let's try that again! It was like New York without the Statue of Liberty! Yeah, that works.
"How long has this been here?! And how did I miss it?!" Kuro asked.
"I don't know, guess you're just stupid!" Xion said, smirking, then she started walking down the sidewalk, Kuro followed, then after about ten minutes of walking…
"Where are we going?" Xion asked.
"I don't know! I thought you knew!" Kuro said.
"No, you're the one with the list." Xion said.
"Well, first thing on the list is two swords that have been crafted by dragon bones." Kuro said, "Where will we find that?!" But he didn't realize he was in front of a store whose sign read "Dragon Bone Weapons"
"Kuro," Xion said, "look behind you," she pointed behind Kuro.
"What?" Kuro asked, then he turned around and saw the sign, "Oh! That works!" Then he and Xion went into the store. He walked to the desk that was in the shop, he looked around and saw it was like a pawn shop, except the shelves were loaded with weapons.
"Hiya sir!" Kuro said, as he leaned on the desk, then a buff man turned around.
"Can I help you?" The man asked in a scratchy voice.
"Uh, yes, actually, I need two swords that have been carved from dragon bones please!" Kuro said.
"Oh, are you two getting married?" The man asked.
"N-No!" Kuro and Xion said in unison, both of them blushing.
"Oh, who's getting married?" The man asked, pulling down a sword.
"Oh, a friend of mine, he's the prince of hybrids!" Kuro said, then Xion pulled his head.
"Kuro!" She whispered, "I don't think you should be spreading that! He could be a spy for Kumori!"
"Shadow's gettin' married?" The man asked.
"What?" Kuro asked, escaping Xion's grip, "No! Xero is silly!"
"Xero?" The man asked, "Who would've thought that he would get married before shadow?"
"Well, he is!" Kuro said.
"Interesting," the man said, wrapping up the sword, "That means Xero is more likely to take the thrown over shadow."
"What do you mean 'over shadow'?" Xion asked.
"I mean that since Shadow is the older brother, he would take the throne," The man said, "But since Xero married, now the people of the capital will vote when Kumori dies, or resigns, however, is Shadow gets married, he will automatically take the throne."
"Wow," Kuro said, "Gotta love that democracy!"
"Kuro, that's not Democracy!" Xion said, "It's a Monarchy!"
"Oh," Kuro said, "Well, how much will that cost?"
"Oh, I'd say about Seventy Five Thousand Dollars!" The man said,
"WHAAA?!" Kuro asked, "I don't have that much!"
"You're credit card," Xion said,
"Ugh," Kuro said, he took his wallet out of his pocket, opened it, and handed the man a credit card with a picture of Xion and a cat on it. Xion couldn't help but laugh, neither could the man.
"What?" Kuro asked, "I like Xion and cats!"
"Oh wow," The man laughed, as he handed Kuro the credit card and swords, "Here, thank you!"
"No, thank you for the information!" Kuro said as he walked out, "Ok, first, let's get rid of the swords," He put the swords under his arm, snapped his fingers, and a portal appeared, then he tossed the swords in them, "The bank between dimensions never fails me, now," He pulled out he list, "Our next thing to get are reservations for the wedding at a, "Church of Fordenism," Kuro said, "You know where that is?" Kuro asked,
"No, but it'll only help to look," Xion said, then she and Kuro were on the move again. They walked for about seven minutes, then they came across a bus stop, where they saw a man being mugged by two men in thief costumes.
"Hey!" Kuro yelled, running to the men.
"Kuro wait!" Xion said, she tried to grab Kuro's collar but failed. Kuro stepped in front of the two men.
"Who's this punk?" One of the men asked.
"I'm Kurosaki Arino! And if I were you, I'd start running!"
"Oh yeah?" The man on the left asked, "Or what?" Then Kuro pulled out the Jewel Strider.
"Or this!" Kuro said.
"Oh no!" The man on the right said mockingly, "Not a sword? What will we do? Oh yeah," Then the two men pulled out guns, "This!" Then they pulled the trigger.
"KURO!!" Xion yelled.
"Who's this?" The man on the left asked, looking at Xion, "Oh, must be the punk's girlfriend!"
"Ha, I wish," Kuro's voice came, then the man looked and saw a blue wing covering Kuro's body, Kuro lifted his wing and started walking to the men, the shot at him, but Kuro just used his wings to deflect the bullets.
"What the hell is this?!" The man on the left yelled, "Some kind of trick?!"
"This is no trick!" Kuro said, "This is a bad beatdown!" Then he grabbed the two men's collars, he lifted them in the air, "Put your guns down." The men did so, "Xion! Get their weapons!"
"Alright!" Xion said, she ran to the guns, picked them up and backed away.
"Now," Kuro said, "I want you to run, and this never happened," then Kuro put the two men down, and they ran. Kuro folded his wings, then Xion and he walked over to the man who was being mugged then they realized it was a boy about twelve. "Oh my god! Are you ok?!" Xion yelled, then she and Kuro helped him up.
"You, you're the fallen angel…" The boy said to Kuro.
"Yeah, but that doesn't matter, are you alright?" Kuro asked.
"Yeah," The boy said, "I'm terra, may I ask what you two names are?"
"I'm Kurosaki Arino," Kuro said, "But just call me Kuro."
"I'm Xion Nobody," Xion said.
"Nobody? You're a nobody?" Terra asked.
"Yeah," Xion said,
"I'm sorry," Terra said.
"Hey, Terra," Kuro said, "Sorry to interrupt you two, but where do you live?"
"I… I don't have a home," Terra said sadly.
"What?" Xion asked, "Why don't you come with us!"
"No, I don't want to be a burden…" Terra said.
"You're not being a burden!" Kuro said, "We don't have a home either but we have a place for you to stay!"
"Really?" Terra asked, "are you sure?"
"Yeah!" Kuro said, "But, we have some errands to do, so, you don't mind sticking around for that, do you?"
"N-no," Terra said.
"Plus, we could use someone to guide us around, we're kinda new in town." Kuro said.
"Really?" Terra asked, "Well, I was about to leave, ya see, I want to live somewhere else, somewhere without any limitations, somewhere where I can do whatever I want…"
"Wow," Kuro said,
"You want a lot, don't ya?"
"Kuro!" Xion yelled
angrily.
"Kidding! Kidding!" Kuro said.
"Wow," Terra said, "Having a little lovers quarrel are you?"
"We're not lovers!" Kuro and Xion yelled.
THE END! Hey this one is longer. What's with this guy Terra? Where will the city lead our heroes next? Stay Tuned and find out! (It is not Terra from Birth By Sleep or FFVI It's on oc!)
